Zweibund

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Zweibund was the German term for the Dual Alliance, a key late 19th-century military and political alliance between Germany and Austria-Hungary that shaped pre–World War I European diplomacy.

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Zweibund canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bilateral treaty ⓘ
international agreement ⓘ
military alliance ⓘ
category 19th-century treaties ⓘ
Treaties of Austria-Hungary ⓘ
Treaties of the German Empire ⓘ
concludedBy Otto von Bismarck ⓘ
coreOf Triple Alliance ⓘ
endedWith collapse of Austria-Hungary ⓘ
defeat of the Central Powers in World War I ⓘ
formedIn Vienna ⓘ
formedOn 1879-10-07 ⓘ
hasEnglishName Dual Alliance ⓘ
hasGermanName Zweibund ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
influencedBy Congress of Berlin (1878) ⓘ
linked to: Congress of Berlin

Franco-Russian rapprochement ⓘ
Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) ⓘ
languageOfTreaty French ⓘ
German ⓘ
legalForm secret treaty initially ⓘ
memberStateCapital Berlin ⓘ
Vienna ⓘ
memberStateRulerAtFormation Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Joseph I ⓘ
German Emperor Wilhelm I ⓘ
negotiatedBy Austro-Hungarian foreign ministry ⓘ
German Empire foreign ministry ⓘ
obligatedMutualSupportAgainst Russian Empire ⓘ
obligatedNeutralityIfAttackedBy other powers not including Russia ⓘ
participant Austria-Hungary ⓘ
German Empire ⓘ
preWorldWarIAlignment Central Powers ⓘ
Triple Alliance ⓘ
purpose containment of Russian influence in Europe ⓘ
diplomatic isolation of France ⓘ
mutual defense against Russia ⓘ
region Europe ⓘ
relatedAlliance Reinsurance Treaty ⓘ
Triple Alliance (1882) ⓘ
Triple Entente ⓘ
renewedIn 1884 ⓘ
1889 ⓘ
1899 ⓘ
1909 ⓘ
shaped late 19th-century European diplomacy ⓘ
pre–World War I alliance system ⓘ
typeOfAlliance defensive alliance against Russia ⓘ
validUntil 1918 ⓘ

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Dual Alliance → alsoKnownAs → Zweibund ⓘ
Zweibund → hasGermanName → Zweibund ⓘ